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India
On the first of November, our family traveled to India for the first time. We went to India for 2 reasons: to renew our Chinese visas and to visit some colleagues of ours who are working in the...
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Ministry plans for 2012
It is hard to believe that our family has already been back in the US for over 6 weeks! Time has gone by so quickly! There are 2 main reasons why we are home assignment for 2012: To take care of...
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Two years since the Yushu Earthquake
It is hard to believe that it has been 2 years since our family survived the Yushu Prefecture Earthquake. On April 14, 2010 a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck just west of the Yushu Prefecture capital...
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June Prayer requests for Tibet
Here are some important prayer requests for Tibet: 1. This past week, the Chinese government announced that it was closing off 1/2 of the Tibetan Plateau to all foreigners. This is a huge area that...
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Prayer walking at Labrang Monastery
I came back recently from a 3 day trip to the nearby town of Labrang. Labrang lies 4 hours south of the city and has the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery on the northern Tibetan Plateau. Home to...
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Visa-run and research trip to India
While Tamara and the boys all have a year-long resident visa that allows them to live in the city, Jamin must do a “visa run” every few months as he is on a tourist visa that only allows him to stay...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
We hope that all of you have a great Thanksgiving Day! We want to say thank you for praying for our family, praying for the people that we minister among and for your kind and thoughtful messages and...
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Visit from a friend
This past summer, we hosted a Summer Team from our home town of Olympia. This group consisted of 8 high school students along with 3 adult leaders. One of the young guys on the team, David, graduated...
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Faces of Tibet
Tibet is a big area. Not just big….huge. Put it this way: Tibet is bigger than Alaska. In fact, it is about the same size as Alaska…and Texas…combined. Let me put it another way: Tibet is about the...
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2000 mile adventure across the Kham Region
This past August, our family took a 14 day, 2000 mile road trip across the Kham region of Tibet. The goal of this trip was to visit some of our many friends that live across this vast area, make new...
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